"Are you busy?" he inquired, his assumptions already playing out according to how he thought. You shook your head, turning your back to him, and attempting to occupy your eyes with your bag again. "Do you know why I'm here?"
"Just get on with it, Ranmaru," you seethed, although it came out weak; no real threat in your voice. Footsteps echoed throughout the empty classroom, and just before you could turn around to see what he was doing, two firm arms wrapped themselves around your shoulders from behind. You could feel his lips to your hair, and you would've melted into such an action had it not been the dilemma swirling in your head.
"I like you," he softly spoke. The solid reason why he stood where he did today, and he had to let it out; he might've burst if he didn't.
At his words your lips curved into an 'o', shock now being written on your face. "Is that...what you were going to tell me?" you whispered back, and even Kirino can tell that there's so much emotion hiding behind your voice. "Why didn't you show up? I waited for you."
Now it was Kirino's turn to be confused, "What do you mean? I waited for you! On the soccer field," he exclaimed. The two of you faced each other for a second, you shaking your head in disbelief—it was written on the note to meet him behind the school!
You rifled through your bag, pulling out the note and handing it to him. "It says to meet you behind the school. You forgot your own location for meeting me? That's horrible..!"
Kirino looked over that lame pink note, over and over again; that...wasn't his handwriting. Not all of it anyway. "Did anyone else visit you when you were sick?"
You were silent. Taking a deep breath before answering with, "Only Masaki."
In that instant, he knew who had sabotaged this. He knew Kariya was famous for messing with people's heads, he was a victim once after all, but he never concluded he would do something like this. "Look, I'm sorry. You're probably really hurt," even though he was too. "and you don't have to give me an answer right now. I'm going to head off to soccer practice, make sure to join us soon!"
As usual, he ran out without giving you an ounce of protest, he or someone else always did. You were left his words; Kirino liked you, but...why are you feeling like this? What was that baleful expression when you told him Kariya had visited you? He hadn't done anything, you would've saw if he tried anything. You trusted Kariya—to a certain extent—he wouldn't do something like that.
You didn't want Kariya to get hurt unnecessarily. Especially at the expanse that he was guilty when not.
Plopping back down into your seat, you wondered why everything had to be so confusing.
a/n; another large shout out to everyone who is reviewing, and reading! it means a lot!
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